Welf. & Inst. Code, § 16509.1 · Chapter 5. State Child Welfare Services
Welf. & Inst. Code, § 16509.1
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
No child who in good faith is under treatment solely by spiritual means through prayer in accordance with the tenets and practices of a recognized church or religious denomination by a duly accredited practitioner thereof shall, for that reason alone, be considered to have been neglected within the purview of this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 978, Sec. 62. Effective September 13, 1982.
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